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Forest Mulls Bid For Irish Drugmaker Elan

20.06.2013 - Forest Laboratories, the specialty drugmaker that counts investor Carl Icahn as a major shareholder, is among a handful of companies interested in bidding for Irish drugmaker Elan...

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Royalty Drops Hostile Bid For Ireland's Elan

19.06.2013 - U.S.-based Royalty Pharma has dropped a hostile bid worth up to $8 billion for Elan, leaving the Irish drugmaker free to seek other suitors having put itself up for sale last week...

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Royalty Hostile Bid For Elan In Doubt After Vote

18.06.2013 - Elan shareholders approved a share buyback on Monday, meaning U.S.-based Royalty Pharma's hostile bid for the Irish drug firm will lapse unless it succeeds in a legal challenge...

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Divisive Elan Boss Martin Faces Ownership Showdown

13.06.2013 - When Kelly Martin, a former Merrill Lynch banker with no drug industry experience, took over as CEO of Ireland's Elan in 2003, analysts assumed his mandate was to clean up the...

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Ruling Threatens Royalty's Elan Bid Ahead of Key Meeting

07.06.2013 - Royalty Pharma received a blow in its battle to take over Irish drug firm Elan on Thursday after a ruling on conditions attached to the U.S. company's hostile bid threatened to...

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Elan Strikes $1 Billion Royalty Deal with Theravance

13.05.2013 - Elan stepped up its bid to keep its independence on Monday by agreeing a $1 billion deal to buy 21% of the royalties that U.S. company Theravance receives from GlaxoSmithKline for...

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Elan Board Unanimously Rejects Royalty Pharma Bid

22.04.2013 - The board of Irish drugmaker Elan unanimously rejected a formal bid from Royalty Pharma on Monday, saying the U.S. investment firm's offer of $11.25 a share grossly undervalues the...

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J&J Stake Sale Clouds Royalty Bid for Elan

19.04.2013 - U.S. healthcare firm Johnson & Johnson cut its stake in Elan on Thursday in a move that clouds prospects for a $7.3 billion takeover bid for the Irish drugmaker. U.S. investment...